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1 MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM Animal Species of Concern 219 Species of Concern 86 Potential Species of Concern All Records (no filtering) Species List Last Updated 08/05/2010 A program of the University of Montana and Natural Resource Information Systems, Montana State Library Introduction The Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP) serves as the state's information source for animals, plants, and plant communities with a focus on species and communities that are rare, threatened, and/or have declining trends and as a result are at risk or potentially at risk of extirpation in Montana. This report on Montana Animal Species of Concern is produced jointly by the Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP) and Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (MFWP). Montana Animal Species of Concern are native Montana animals that are considered to be "at risk" due to declining population trends, threats to their habitats, and/or restricted distribution. Also included in this report are Potential Animal Species of Concern -- animals for which current, often limited, information suggests potential vulnerability or for which additional data are needed before an accurate status assessment can be made. Over the last 200 years, 5 species with historic breeding ranges in Montana have been extirpated from the state; Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus), Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), Pilose Crayfish (Pacifastacus gambelii), and Rocky Mountain Locust (Melanoplus spretus). Designation as a Montana Animal Species of Concern or Potential Animal Species of Concern is not a statutory or regulatory classification. Instead, these designations provide a basis for resource managers and decision-makers to make proactive decisions regarding species conservation and data collection priorities in order to avoid additional extirpations. Status determinations are made by MTNHP and MFWP biolgists in consultation with representatives of the Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, the Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, and other experts. The process for evaluating and assigning status designations uses the Natural Heritage Program ranking system, described below, which forms the basis for identifying Montana Species of Concern. How to Read the Lists What Species are Included in this Report Montana Species of Concern are defined as vertebrate animals with a state rank of S1, S2, or S3. Vertebrate species with a rank indicating uncertainty (SU), a "range rank" extending below the S3 cutoff (e.g., S3S4), or those ranked S4 for which their is limited baseline information on status are considered Potential Species of Concern. Because documentation for invertebrates is typically less complete than for vertebrates, only those ranked S1 or S2 are included as SOC. Invertebrates with a range rank extending below S2 (e.g., S2S3) are included as SOC only if their global ranks are G2G3 or G3, or if experts agree their occurrence in Montana has been adequately documented. Other invertebrates of concern with global ranks other than G1, G2, or G3 and with state ranks below S2 or range ranks extending below S2 (e.g., S3S4) are treated as Potential Species of Concern. Organization of List Both the list of Species of Concern and the list of Potential Species of Concern are grouped taxonomically in the following order: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and various invertebrates. Within each taxonomic group you can sort species by common name or scientific name. County Distribution This column lists the documented county distribution for each species, including extant and historical occurrences. Any occurrences that cross county boundaries are counted for each county. Many older occurrence records and specimen collections are only known from vague location information and the area mapped as the potential area of observation may be quite large, leading to more than one county being counted. Additions and Deletions Species that have been added to or deleted from the SOC list due to changes in their state rank are reported in separate sections below; changes in global ranks are not tracked in this report.

2 Heritage Program Ranks The international network of Natural Heritage Programs employs a standardized ranking system to denote global (range-wide) and state status (NatureServe 2006). Species are assigned numeric ranks ranging from 1 (highest risk, greatest concern) to 5 (demonstrably secure, least concern), reflecting the relative degree of risk to the species' viability, based upon available information. Global ranks are assigned by scientists at NatureServe (the international affiliate organization for the heritage network) in consultation with biologists in the natural heritage programs and other taxonomic experts. A number of factors are considered in assigning state ranks population size, area of occupancy in Montana, short and long-term population trends, threats, intrinsic vulnerability, and specificity to environment. Based on these factors, a preliminary rank is calculated and is reviewed by members of the Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society and Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society or other key experts. A committee of biologists from MNHP and MFWP then review these rankings for consistent documentation and application of the criteria. Detailed documentation of the criteria and assessment process are available on the MTNHP website at: Among other things, the combination of global and state ranks often helps describe the proportion of a species' range and/or total population occurring in Montana. For instance, a rank of G3 S3 often indicates that Montana comprises most or a very significant portion of an animal's total population. In contrast, an animal ranked G5 S1 often occurs in Montana at the periphery of its much larger range; thus, the state supports a relatively small portion of its total population. Rank Definition G1 S1 At high risk because of extremely limited and/or rapidly declining population numbers, range and/or habitat, making it highly vulnerable to global extinction or extirpation in the state. G2 S2 At risk because of very limited and/or potentially declining population numbers, range and/or habitat, making it vulnerable to global extinction or extirpation in the state. G3 S3 Potentially at risk because of limited and/or declining numbers, range and/or habitat, even though it may be abundant in some areas. G4 S4 Apparently secure, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, and/or suspected to be declining. G5 S5 Common, widespread, and abundant (although it may be rare in parts of its range). Not vulnerable in most of its range. GX SX Presumed Extinct or Extirpated - Species is believed to be extinct throughout its range or extirpated in Montana. Not located despite intensive searches of historical sites and other appropriate habitat, and small likelihood that it will ever be rediscovered. GH SH Historical, known only from records usually 40 or more years old; may be rediscovered. GNR SNR Not Ranked as of yet. GU SU Unrankable - Species currently unrankable due to lack of information or due to substantially conflicting information about status or trends. A conservation status rank is not applicable for one of the following reasons: 1) The taxa is of Hybrid Origin; is Exotic or Introduced; is Accidental or 2) is Not Confidently Present in the state. (see other GNA SNA codes below) Combination or Range Ranks G#G# Indicates a range of uncertainty about the status of the species. or e.g. G1G3 = Global Rank ranges between G1 and G3 inclusive S#S# Sub-rank T# Rank of a subspecies or variety. Appended to the global rank of the full species, e.g. G4T3 Qualifiers Questionable taxonomy that may reduce conservation priority-distinctiveness of this entity as a taxon at the current level is questionable; resolution of this uncertainty may result in change from a species to a Q subspecies or hybrid, or inclusion of this taxon in another taxon, with the resulting taxon having a lower-priority (numerically higher) conservation status rank. Appended to the global rank, e.g. G3Q? Inexact Numeric Rank - Denotes uncertainty; inexactness. Accidental - Species is accidental or casual in Montana, in other words, infrequent and outside usual range. Includes species (usually birds or butterflies) recorded once or only a few times at a location. A few of A these species may have bred on the few occasions they were recorded. B Breeding - Rank refers to the breeding population of the species in Montana. Appended to the state rank, e.g. S2B,S5N = At risk during breeding season, but common in the winter N Nonbreeding - Rank refers to the non-breeding population of the species in Montana. Appended to the state rank, e.g. S5B,S2N = Common during breeding season, but at risk in the winter M Migratory - Species occurs in Montana only during migration.

3 Federal Status Designations in this column reflect the status of a species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), or as sensitive by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) or Bureau of Land Management (BLM). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Endangered Species Act) Status, if any, of a taxon under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.A (Supp. 1996)) is noted. Designation Descriptions LE Listed endangered: Any species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range (16 U.S.C. 1532(6)). LT Listed threatened: Any species likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range (16 U.S.C. 1532(20)). PE Proposed endangered: Any species for which a proposed rule to list the species as endangered has been published in the Federal Register. PT Proposed threatened: Any species for which a proposed rule to list the species as threatened has been published in the Federal Register. Candidate: Those taxa for which sufficient information on biological status and threats exists to propose to list them as threatened or endangered. We encourage their consideration in environmental planning C and partnerships; however, none of the substantive or procedural provisions of the Act apply to candidate species. DM Recovered, delisted, and being monitored - Any previously listed species that is now recovered, has been delisted, and is being monitored. NL Not listed - No designation. XE Experimental - Essential population - An experimental population whose loss would be likely to appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival of the species in the wild. XN Experimental - Nonessential population - An experimental population of a listed species reintroduced into a specific area that receives more flexible management under the Act. Critical Habitat - The specific areas (i) within the geographic area occupied by a species, at the time it is listed, on which are found those physical or biological features (I) essential to conserve the species CH and (II) that may require special management considerations or protection; and (ii) specific areas outside the geographic area occupied by the species at the time it is listed upon determination that such areas are essential to conserve the species. Partial status - status in only a portion of the species' range. Typically indicated in a "full" species record where an infraspecific taxon or population, that has a record in the database has USESA status, but PS the entire species does not. Partial status - status in only a portion of the species' range. The value of that status appears in parentheses because the entity with status is not recognized as a valid taxon by Central Sciences (usually a population defined by geopolitical boundaries or defined administratively, such as experimental populations.) PS:value For example, Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is ranked PS:C. Partial Status - Candidate. Designated as a Candidate in the Western U.S. Distinct Population Segment (DPS) (subspecies occidentalis) Bureau of Land Management BLM Sensitive Species are defined by the BLM 6840 Manual as those that normally occur on BLM administered lands for which BLM has the capability to significantly affect the conservation status of the species through management. Such species should be managed to the level of protection required by State laws or under the BLM policy for candidate species, whichever would provide better opportunity for its conservation. The State Director may designate additional categories of special status species as appropriate and applicable to his or her state's needs. The sensitive species designation, for species other than federally listed, proposed, or candidate species, may include such native species as those that: 1. could become endangered in or extirpated from a state, or within a significant portion of its distribution in the foreseeable future. 2. are under status review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or National Marine Fisheries Service, 3. are undergoing significant current or predicted downward trends in habitat capability that would reduce a species' existing distribution, 4. are undergoing significant current or predicted downward trends in population or density such that federally listed, proposed, candidate, or State listed status may become necessary, 5. have typically small and widely dispersed populations, 6. are inhabiting ecological refugia, specialized or unique habitats, or 7. are State listed but which may be better conserved through application of BLM sensitive species status. Designation Descriptions Sensitive Denotes species listed as sensitive on BLM lands Special Status Denotes species that are listed as Endangered or Threatened under the Endangered Species Act U.S. Forest Service U.S. Forest Service Manual ( ) defines Sensitive Species on Forest Service lands as those for which population viability is a concern as evidenced by a significant downward trend in population or a significant downward trend in habitat capacity. The Regional Forester (Northern Region) designates Sensitive species on National Forests in Montana. These designations were last updated in 2007 and they apply only on USFSadministered lands. Designation Descriptions Sensitive Listed as a Sensitive Species by USFS Northern Region (R1) Endangered Listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act Threatened Listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act Acknowledgements MTNHP and MFWP staff work together on a daily basis to manage information used to evaluate the status of Montana's animal species. We extend our thanks to these individuals and professional biologists that study and work to conserve species across Montana. We also thank a number of private citizens that spend a great deal of their free time contributing valuable information to statewide databases so that species can be better understood and managed.

4 Selected References Abbott, J.C Odonata Central: An online resource for the Odonata of North America. Austin, TX. (Accessed: July 28, 2009). Acorn, J Damselflies of Alberta: flying neon toothpicks in grass. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press. 156 p. Brown, C.J.D Fishes of Montana. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 207 p. Flath, D.L Vertebrate species of special interest or concern. Helena, MT: Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. 76 p. Flath, D.L Species of special interest or concern. Helena, MT: Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. 7 p. Frest, T.J. and E.J. Johannes Interior Columbia Basin mollusk species of special concern. Final report to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, Walla Walla, WA. 274 p. plus appendices. Foresman, K.R The wild mammals of Montana. Special Publication No. 12. Lawrence, KS: The American Society of Mammalogists. 278 p. Hand, R.L A distributional checklist of the birds of western Montana. 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5 Species of Concern 219 Species All Records (no filtering) MAMMALS (MAMMALIA) 30 SPECIES ALL RECORDS (NO FILTERING) SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TAXA SORT Antrozous pallidus Pallid Bat Blarina brevicauda Northern Short-tailed Shrew Bos bison Bison Brachylagus idahoensis Pygmy Rabbit Canis lupus Gray Wolf Chaetodipus hispidus Hispid Pocket Mouse Corynorhinus townsendii Townsend's Big-eared Bat Cynomys leucurus White-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Black-tailed Prairie Dog Euderma maculatum Spotted Bat Gulo gulo Wolverine Lasiurus borealis Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat Lepus californicus Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Lynx canadensis Canada Lynx FAMILY (SCIENTIFIC) FAMILY (COMMON) Vespertilionidae Bats Soricidae Shrews Bovidae Bison / Goat / Sheep Leporidae Rabbits GLOBAL STATE USFWS USFS BLM CFWCS TIER ID % OF GLOBAL RANGE IN MT % OF MT THAT IS RANGE HABITAT G5 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 0% 6% Arid land rock outcrops Big Horn, Carbon, Rosebud G5 S1S3 4 1% 1% Wetlands Sheridan G4 S2 1 4% 1% Grasslands Carbon, Gallatin, Lake, Park, Sanders, Stillwater, Sweet Grass G4 S3 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 2% 4% Sagebrush Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Madison Canidae G4 S4 LE, XN SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 1% 32% Generalist Wolves / Coyotes / Foxes Beaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Wheatland Heteromyidae Pocket Mice / Kangaroo Rats Vespertilionidae Bats Sciuridae Squirrels Sciuridae Squirrels Vespertilionidae Bats Mustelidae Weasels Vespertilionidae Bats Vespertilionidae Bats Leporidae Rabbits Felidae Cats G5 S1S3 2 1% 2% Mixed grassland dry forest Carter G4 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 5% 87% Caves in forested habitats Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Yellowstone G4 S1 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 1% 1% Sagebrush grassland Carbon G4 S3 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 15% 71% Grasslands Big Horn, Blaine, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone G4 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 5% 27% Arid land rock outcrops Big Horn, Carbon, Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Yellowstone G4 S3 C SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 2 0% 37% Conifer forest Beaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Wheatland G5 S2S3 2 0% 46% Riparian forest Chouteau, Custer, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud G5 S3 2 2% 100% Riparian and forest G5 S2 2 1% 3% Sagebrush grassland Beaverhead, Madison G5 S3 LT THREATENED SPECIAL STATUS 1 1% 40% Subalpine conifer forest Beaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake,

6 Martes pennanti Fisher Mustela nigripes Black-footed Ferret Myotis septentrionalis Northern Myotis Myotis thysanodes Fringed Myotis Perognathus parvus Great Basin Pocket Mouse Sorex arcticus Arctic Shrew Sorex merriami Merriam's Shrew Sorex nanus Dwarf Shrew Sorex preblei Preble's Shrew Spilogale gracilis Western Spotted Skunk Synaptomys borealis Northern Bog Lemming Tamias umbrinus Uinta Chipmunk Ursus arctos Grizzly Bear Vulpes velox Swift Fox Zapus hudsonius Meadow Jumping Mouse Mustelidae Weasels Mustelidae Weasels Vespertilionidae Bats Vespertilionidae Bats Heteromyidae Pocket Mice / Kangaroo Rats Soricidae Shrews Soricidae Shrews Soricidae Shrews Soricidae Shrews Mephitidae Skunks Muridae Mice / Voles / Lemmings / Rats Sciuridae Squirrels Ursidae Bears Canidae Wolves / Coyotes / Foxes Dipodidae Jumping Mice Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Wheatland G5 S3 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 2 1% 31% Mixed conifer forests Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Teton G1 S1 LE,XN ENDANGERED SPECIAL STATUS 1 12% 1% Grasslands Phillips, Rosebud G4 S2S3 SENSITIVE 2 0% 8% Riparian and mixed forest Richland G4G5 S3 SENSITIVE 2 0% 64% Riparian and dry mixed conifer forests Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Custer, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Garfield, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Missoula, Petroleum, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Teton G5 S2S3 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 1% 4% Sagebrush grassland Beaverhead, Madison G5 S1S3 2 1% 1% Wet meadows Sheridan G5 S3 2 9% 57% Sagebrush grassland Beaverhead, Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Hill, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Rosebud, Sweet Grass, Teton, Valley G4 S2S3 2 14% 67% Rocky habitat Beaverhead, Carbon, Carter, Chouteau, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin, Pondera, Toole G4 S3 2 28% 79% Sagebrush grassland Beaverhead, Big Horn, Dawson, Fergus, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Madison, Missoula, Phillips, Powell, Ravalli, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Sweet Grass, Teton, Valley, Wheatland G5 S1S3 2 1% 22% Riparian shrub Beaverhead, Big Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison, Ravalli G4 S2 SENSITIVE 1 1% 14% Conifer forest wetland Beaverhead, Flathead, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Ravalli G5 S3 2 1% 8% High elevation conifer forest Carbon, Park, Stillwater G4 S2S3 LT,XN THREATENED SENSITIVE 1 1% 22% Conifer forest Beaverhead, Carbon, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton G3 S3 SENSITIVE 2 1% 69% Grasslands Blaine, Glacier, Phillips, Prairie G5 S2 SENSITIVE 1 1% 20% Moist forest, grassland Big Horn, Carter, Dawson, Powder River, Richland, Wibaux BIRDS (AVES) SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TAXA SORT Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk FAMILY (SCIENTIFIC) FAMILY (COMMON) Accipitridae Hawks / Kites / Eagles GLOBAL STATE USFWS USFS BLM CFWCS TIER ID % OF GLOBAL RANGE IN MT % OF MT THAT IS RANGE 64 SPECIES ALL RECORDS (NO FILTERING) HABITAT G5 S3 SENSITIVE 2 2% 68% Mixed conifer forests Beaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin,

7 Aechmophorus clarkii Clark's Grebe Ammodramus bairdii Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow Amphispiza belli Sage Sparrow Anthus spragueii Sprague's Pipit Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron Athene cunicularia Burrowing Owl Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Buteo regalis Ferruginous Hawk Calcarius ornatus Chestnut-collared Longspur Carpodacus cassinii Cassin's Finch Catharus fuscescens Podicipedidae Grebes Emberizidae Sparrows Emberizidae Sparrows Emberizidae Sparrows Emberizidae Sparrows Emberizidae Sparrows Motacillidae Pipits Accipitridae Hawks / Kites / Eagles Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Wheatland G5 S3B 3 1% 2% Lakes, ponds, reservoirs Broadwater, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Powell, Sheridan, Teton G4 S3B SENSITIVE 2 27% 67% Grasslands Blaine, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wibaux, Yellowstone G4 S3B SENSITIVE 2 1% 13% Prairie wetland Flathead, Lake, Roosevelt, Sheridan G5 S3B SENSITIVE 1 0% 3% Prairie wetland Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan G5 S3B 2 6% 100% Grasslands Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Valley, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3B SENSITIVE 3 0% 13% Sagebrush Beaverhead, Carbon, Meagher G4 S3B C SENSITIVE 2 18% 67% Grasslands Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Golden Valley, Hill, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland G5 S3 SENSITIVE 2 3% 100% Grasslands Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone Ardeidae G5 S3 3 3% 100% Riparian forest Bitterns / Egrets / Herons Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, / Night-Herons Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone Strigidae Owls G4 S3B SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 2% 82% Grasslands Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Gallatin, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Prairie, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Yellowstone Ardeidae G4 S3B 2 4% 100% Wetlands Bitterns / Egrets / Herons Blaine, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Flathead, Glacier, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Lake, Missoula, Phillips, Ravalli, / Night-Herons Roosevelt, Sanders, Sheridan, Teton, Yellowstone Accipitridae Hawks / Kites / Eagles Calcariidae Longspurs and Snow Buntings Fringillidae Finches Turdidae Thrushes G4 S3B SENSITIVE 2 11% 95% Sagebrush grassland Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone G5 S2B SENSITIVE 3 32% 67% Grasslands Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Daniels, Fallon, Fergus, Hill, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone G5 S3 3 11% 62% Conifer forest Beaverhead, Big Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone G5 S3B 2 6% 100% Riparian forest Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin,

8 Veery Centrocercus urophasianus Greater Sage-Grouse Certhia americana Brown Creeper Charadrius melodus Piping Plover Charadrius montanus Mountain Plover Chlidonias niger Black Tern Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed Cuckoo Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan Cypseloides niger Black Swift Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink Dryocopus pileatus Pileated Woodpecker Empidonax alnorum Alder Flycatcher Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Gavia immer Common Loon Phasianidae Upland Game Birds Certhiidae Creepers Charadriidae Plovers Charadriidae Plovers Laridae Gulls / Terns Troglodytidae Wrens Cuculidae Cuckoos Cuculidae Cuckoos Rallidae Rails Anatidae Swans / Geese / Ducks Apodidae Swifts Icteridae Blackbirds Picidae Woodpeckers Tyrannidae Flycatchers Falconidae Falcons Gaviidae Loons Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Richland, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Wheatland, Yellowstone G4 S2 C SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 17% 75% Sagebrush Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Carter, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Gallatin, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Liberty, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3 2 4% 53% Moist conifer forests Beaverhead, Big Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Phillips, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Wheatland G3 S2B LT THREATENED SPECIAL STATUS 1 4% 11% Prairie lakes and river shorelines Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Pondera, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley G3 S2B SENSITIVE 1 20% 73% Grasslands Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Jefferson, Madison, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Rosebud, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland G4 S3B SENSITIVE 1 7% 100% Wetlands Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Daniels, Flathead, Glacier, Golden Valley, Lake, Madison, Phillips, Pondera, Powell, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Teton, Yellowstone State Rank Reason: The species is localized, has relatively few populations, and low numbers of individuals. Black Terns have declined regionally, and there is evidence of declines in Montana. G5 S3B SENSITIVE 1 1% 4% Prairie wetland Roosevelt, Sheridan G5 S3B PS:C SENSITIVE 2 1% 50% Prairie riparian forest Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Missoula, Yellowstone G5 S3B 2 4% 95% Riparian forest Big Horn, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Dawson, Fallon, Gallatin, Garfield, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Stillwater, Valley, Wibaux, Yellowstone G4 S3B SENSITIVE 1 1% 5% Wetlands Roosevelt, Sheridan G4 S3 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 2% 9% Lakes, ponds, reservoirs Beaverhead, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Park G4 S1B 2 5% 19% Waterfalls Flathead, Lake G5 S3B SENSITIVE 3 9% 100% Moist grasslands Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Madison, Meagher, Missoula, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powell, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Sanders, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Valley, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3 2 1% 27% Moist conifer forests Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow G5 S3B 2 0% 1% Woody wetlands Teton G4 S3 DM SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 2 2% 100% Cliffs / canyons Beaverhead, Big Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Yellowstone G5 S3B SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 1% 14% Mountain lakes w/ emergent veg

9 Grus americana Whooping Crane Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Pinyon Jay Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Himantopus mexicanus Black-necked Stilt Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern Lagopus leucura White-tailed Ptarmigan Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike Leucophaeus pipixcan Franklin's Gull Leucosticte atrata Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis Gray-crowned Rosy- Finch Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Lewis's Woodpecker Nucifraga columbiana Clark's Nutcracker Numenius americanus Long-billed Curlew Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night- Gruidae Cranes Corvidae Jays / Crows / Magpies Accipitridae Hawks / Kites / Eagles Recurvirostridae Avocets Anatidae Swans / Geese / Ducks Laridae Gulls / Terns Phasianidae Upland Game Birds Laniidae Shrikes Laridae Gulls / Terns Fringillidae Finches Fringillidae Finches Picidae Woodpeckers Picidae Woodpeckers Corvidae Jays / Crows / Magpies Scolopacidae Sandpipers Flathead, Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Powell, Sanders, Teton G1 S1M LE ENDANGERED SPECIAL STATUS 1 0% 0% Wetlands Beaverhead, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Jefferson, Madison, McCone, Park, Phillips, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Valley, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3 2 5% 55% Conifer forest Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Ravalli, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3 DM THREATENED SENSITIVE 1 2% 100% Riparian forest Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3B 3 1% 8% Wetlands Cascade, Chouteau, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Phillips, Stillwater, Teton, Yellowstone G4 S2B SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 4% 40% Mountain streams Carbon, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Sanders, Sweet Grass, Teton G5 S2B 2 0% 4% Large rivers, lakes Broadwater, Garfield, Lake, Phillips, Sheridan, Valley G5 S3 2 2% 6% Alpine Flathead, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Teton G4 S3B SENSITIVE 2 4% 100% Shrubland Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Jefferson, Liberty, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone G4G5 S3B SENSITIVE 2 7% 48% Wetlands Beaverhead, Cascade, Chouteau, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Teton G4 S2 2 38% 20% Alpine Beaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Madison, Meagher, Missoula, Park, Powell, Ravalli, Silver Bow, Stillwater G5 S2B,S5N 2 1% 29% Alpine Cascade, Flathead, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Teton G5 S3B SENSITIVE 2 4% 60% Riparian forest Carter, Custer, Fallon, Musselshell, Petroleum, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Valley, Wibaux, Yellowstone G4 S2B 2 8% 78% Riparian forest Big Horn, Carter, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders G5 S3 3 9% 84% Conifer forest Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Wheatland, Yellowstone G5 S3B SENSITIVE 1 19% 100% Grasslands Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Gallatin, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland Ardeidae G5 S3B SENSITIVE 2 1% 45% Wetlands Bitterns / Egrets / Herons Beaverhead, Cascade, Chouteau, Phillips, Ravalli, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Teton / Night-Herons

10 Heron Oreoscoptes montanus Sage Thrasher Otus flammeolus Flammulated Owl Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American White Pelican Picoides arcticus Black-backed Woodpecker Plegadis chihi White-faced Ibis Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe Poecile hudsonicus Boreal Chickadee Polioptila caerulea Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Rhynchophanes mccownii McCown's Longspur Spizella breweri Brewer's Sparrow Sterna forsteri Forster's Tern Sterna hirundo Common Tern Sternula antillarum Least Tern Strix nebulosa Great Gray Owl Troglodytes pacificus Pacific Wren Tympanuchus phasianellus Sharp-tailed Grouse Mimidae Thrashers / Mockingbirds / Catbirds Strigidae Owls Pelecanidae Pelicans Picidae Woodpeckers Threskiornithidae Ibises Podicipedidae Grebes Paridae Chickadees Polioptilidae Gnatcatchers Calcariidae Longspurs and Snow Buntings Emberizidae Sparrows Laridae Gulls / Terns Laridae Gulls / Terns Laridae Gulls / Terns Strigidae Owls Troglodytidae Wrens Phasianidae Upland Game Birds G5 S3B SENSITIVE 3 9% 84% Sagebrush Beaverhead, Big Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Gallatin, Garfield, Golden Valley, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Richland, Rosebud, Sanders G4 S3B SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 2% 36% Dry conifer forest Beaverhead, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders G4 S3B 3 6% 1% Lakes, ponds, reservoirs Broadwater, Phillips, Pondera, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Teton G5 S3 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 2% 49% Conifer forest burns Flathead, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Mineral, Missoula, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders G5 S3B SENSITIVE 2 4% 45% Wetlands Beaverhead, Cascade, Chouteau, Phillips, Roosevelt, Teton G5 S3B 2 3% 77% Wetlands Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Flathead, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Phillips, Powell, Sheridan, Teton G5 S3 2 1% 14% Spruce-fir forests Flathead, Lincoln G5 S2B SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 2 0% 1% Utah juniper Carbon G4 S3B SENSITIVE 2 41% 79% Grasslands Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Daniels, Hill, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Madison, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone G5 S3B SENSITIVE 2 12% 100% Sagebrush Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Chouteau, Custer, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Hill, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone G5 S3B 2 1% 59% Wetlands Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Hill, Lake, Petroleum, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Teton G5 S3B 2 5% 50% Large rivers, lakes Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Hill, Lake, Petroleum, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Teton, Valley G4 S1B LE ENDANGERED SPECIAL STATUS 1 1% 10% Large prairie rivers Custer, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Valley, Wibaux G5 S3 SENSITIVE 2 2% 46% Conifer forest Beaverhead, Carbon, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Granite, Judith Basin, Lake, Lincoln, Meagher, Missoula, Park, Powell, Ravalli, Silver Bow, Teton, Wheatland G5 S3 2 1% 39% Moist conifer forests Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Sweet Grass, Teton G4 S1,S4 3 6% 100% Shrub grassland Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone State Rank Reason: Populations west of the Continental Divide are a Species of Concern with a state rank of S1. Populations east of the Continental Divide have a state rank of S4 and are not a Species of Concern. REPTILES (REPTILIA) 9 SPECIES ALL RECORDS (NO FILTERING) SCIENTIFIC NAME FAMILY (SCIENTIFIC) GLOBAL STATE % OF GLOBAL % OF MT THAT IS

11 COMMON NAME TAXA SORT Apalone spinifera Spiny Softshell Chelydra serpentina Snapping Turtle Elgaria coerulea Northern Alligator Lizard Eumeces skiltonianus Western Skink Heterodon nasicus Western Hog-nosed Snake Lampropeltis triangulum Milksnake Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Greensnake Phrynosoma hernandesi Greater Short-horned Lizard Sceloporus graciosus Common Sagebrush Lizard FAMILY (SCIENTIFIC) FAMILY (COMMON) Trionychidae Softshell Turtles Chelydridae Snapping Turtles Anguidae Alligator Lizards Scincidae Skinks Colubridae Colubrid Snakes Colubridae Colubrid Snakes Colubridae Colubrid Snakes Phrynosomatidae Sagebush / Spiny Lizards Phrynosomatidae Sagebush / Spiny Lizards GLOBAL STATE USFWS USFS BLM CFWCS TIER ID RANGE IN MT THAT IS RANGE HABITAT G5 S3 SENSITIVE 1 2% 26% Prairie rivers and larger streams Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Carter, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fergus, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Teton, Treasure, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3 SENSITIVE 1 1% 26% Prairie rivers and streams Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3 2 8% 12% Talus slopes / rock outcrops Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders G5 S3 2 2% 10% Rock outcrops Granite, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders G5 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 8% 63% Friable soils Big Horn, Blaine, Carter, Cascade, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, Hill, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Yellowstone G5 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 2% 51% Rock outcrops Big Horn, Carbon, Custer, Dawson, Fergus, Garfield, Musselshell, Phillips, Powder River, Rosebud, Yellowstone G5 S2 1 1% 5% Wetlands Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan G5 S3 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 2 19% 66% Sandy / gravelly soils Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Hill, Liberty, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone G5 S3 2 9% 44% Rock outcrops Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Chouteau, Dawson, Fergus, Gallatin, McCone, Musselshell, Park, Phillips, Powder River, Rosebud, Stillwater, Yellowstone AMPHIBIANS (AMPHIBIA) 6 SPECIES ALL RECORDS (NO FILTERING) SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TAXA SORT Bufo boreas Western Toad Bufo cognatus Great Plains Toad Dicamptodon aterrimus Idaho Giant Salamander Plethodon idahoensis Coeur d'alene FAMILY (SCIENTIFIC) FAMILY (COMMON) Bufonidae True Toads Bufonidae True Toads Dicamptodontidae Giant Salamanders Plethodontidae Lungless Salamanders GLOBAL STATE USFWS USFS BLM CFWCS TIER ID % OF GLOBAL RANGE IN MT % OF MT THAT IS RANGE HABITAT G4 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 6% 38% Wetlands, floodplain pools Beaverhead, Chouteau, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Teton G5 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 2 8% 62% Wetlands, floodplain pools Blaine, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Garfield, Lewis and Clark, Musselshell, Petroleum, Powder River, Prairie, Rosebud, Toole G3 S2 4 4% 1% Mountain streams, moist conifer forest Mineral G4 S2 SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 1 31% 5% Spring / seep, waterfall, fractured rock Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders